NEW ORLEANS (FWAA) – The 11th annual Football
Writers Association of America Freshman All-America Team has
been announced, with all six Bowl Championship Series
conferences and Notre Dame well represented on the 26-man
roster. A total of 23 players came from the Pac-12, SEC, Big 12,
Big Ten, ACC and Big East conferences and the independent
Fighting Irish.

Southern California and Kansas State were the only schools
with two players on the team. Two of the special teams
selections hail from Australia.

West Virginia's first-year coach Dana Holgorsen claimed the first-year coaching
honors after his Mountaineers won the Big East Conference
championship and finished with a 10-3 record after routing
Clemson, 70-33, in the Discover Orange Bowl.

The team and coach are selected by an 11-person panel of
nationally-prominent writers led by Mike Griffith of the
Knoxville News Sentinel. Both true freshmen (14 players) and
redshirt freshmen (12 players) were considered for the team and
are so noted.

2011 FWAA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAM

OFFENSE

Pos.

Player, School

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown

QB

Sean Mannion, Oregon State

6-5

218

Pleasanton, Calif.

RB

Giovani Bernard, North
Carolina

5-10

205

Davie, Fla.

RB

Lyle McCombs, Connecticut

5-8

172

Staten Island, N.Y.

WR

Matt Miller, Boise State

6-3

213

Helena, Mont.

WR

• Marqise Lee, USC

6-0

190

Inglewood, Calif.

WR

• Sammy Watkins, Clemson

6-1

200

Fort Myers, Fla.

AP

• De'Anthony Thomas, Oregon

5-9

173

Los Angeles, Calif.

OL

• Reese Dismukes, Auburn

6-3

300

Spanish Fort, Ala.

OL

B.J. Finney, Kansas State

6-4

297

Andale, Kan.

OL

Chaz Green, Florida

6-5

306

Tampa, Fla.

OL

• Kaleb Johnson, Rutgers

6-4

298

Jacksonville, Fla.

OL

Jake Smith, Louisville

6-4

315

Jacksonville, Ala.

DEFENSE

Pos.

Player, School

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown

DL

• Jadeveon Clowney, South
Carolina

6-6

254

Rock Hill, S.C.

DL

• Timmy Jernigan, Florida
State

6-3

297

Lake City, Fla.

DL

• Aaron Lynch, Notre Dame

6-6

265

Cape Coral, Fla.

DL

Marcus Rush, Michigan State

6-2

250

Cincinnati, Ohio

LB

Dion Bailey, USC

6-0

200

Lakewood, Calif.

LB

Jeremy Grove, East Carolina

6-1

230

Frederick, Md.

LB

• A.J. Johnson, Tennessee

6-3

245

Gainesville, Ga.

DB

• Blair Burns, Wyoming

5-10

170

Plano, Texas

DB

Ibraheim Campbell,
Northwestern

5-11

205

Philadelphia, Pa.

DB

• Quandre Diggs, Texas

5-10

200

Angleton, Texas

DB

Merrill Noel, Wake Forest

5-10

180

Pahokee, Fla.

DB

• Eric Rowe, Utah

6-1

185

Spring, Texas

SPECIALISTS

Pos.

Player, School

Ht.

Wt.

Hometown

P

Brad Wing, LSU

6-3

184

Melbourne, Australia

K

Michael Hunnicutt, Oklahoma

6-0

175

Richardson, Texas

PR

• Scott Harding, Hawaii

5-11

195

Brisbane, Australia

KR

• Tyler Lockett, Kansas State

5-11

170

Tulsa, Okla.

HEAD COACH

Dana
Holgorsen, West Virginia

• Denotes
true freshman

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founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,200 men and women who cover college football
for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists,
as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works
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team. For more information about the FWAA and its award programs, contact Steve
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